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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Khader Adnan begins his 57th day on Hunger Strike

Khader Adnan is set to begin his 57th day on hunger strike, and is
determined to fast until death. Speaking today from his prison cell,
where he is shackled to his bed, Khader delivered the following
statement:

“I started my battle offering my
soul to God almighty and adamant to go ahead until righteousness
triumphs over falsehood. I am defending my dignity and my people’s
dignity and not doing this in vain.

"The
Israeli occupation has gone to extremes against our people, especially
prisoners. I have been humiliated, beaten, and harassed by interrogators
for no reason, and thus I swore to God I would fight the policy of
administrative detention to which I and hundreds of my fellow prisoners
fell prey,” Adnan wrote.

His letter,
delivered by Jalal Abu Wasil, a lawyer from the Palestinian ministry of
prisoners affairs who visited him in hospital, also highlighted that
Adnan refused to be examined by doctors.

“Here
I am in a hospital bed surrounded with prison wardens, handcuffed, and
my foot tied to the bed. The only thing I can do is offer my soul to God
as I believe righteousness and justice will eventually triumph over
tyranny and oppression.”

“I hereby assert that I am
confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for
the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their
simplest human rights while the world and international community look
on,"

"It is time the
international community and the UN support prisoners and force the State
of Israel to respect international human rights and stop treating
prisoners as if they were not humans.

Human
Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement today where they called on Israel
to either release Khader or charge him with an offence.

“Israel should immediately end its unlawful administrative detention of Adnan and charge or release him,”

“He
may be approaching death from his hunger strike, and yet Israel is
chaining him to his hospital bed without bothering to even charge him
with any wrongdoing,”

Support for
Khader has come from across the world, with demonstrations been held in
many towns and cities. In Gaza and the West Bank, dozens of
Palestinians have embarked on a hunger strike in solidarity with Khader.

A
video message of support and solidarity has come from a former Irish
Hunger Striker. Tommy McKearney went 53 days without food in 1980, and
was close to death before ending his fast. He knows only too well the
difficulties facing Khadner, and has appealed for the international
community to put pressure on the authorities to release him.

Click on the following link and watch Tommy's plea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1iwWZJPl_k

In 1981 Bobby Sands died after 66 days on hunger strike. A trust set up in Bobby's name has now highlighted Khader's case:
http://www.bobbysandstrust.com/archives/2527

Today,
hundreds gathered at the entrance to the Ofer prison and military
court, where Palestinians are tried and imprisoned by Israel. 16 people
were injured by rubber-coated bullets shot by Israeli forces, and four
were arrested during protests.

An on line petition has
been set up, and people from all over the world have signed to show
their support and to call for his release:
http://signon.org/sign/khader-adnans-life-at-1?source=s.tw&r_by=2470434

Khader
has now entered a critical stage in his hunger strike, where his death
could come in a matter of hours. According to a 2006 study by the
British Medical Association, during the 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes in
Northern Ireland, death generally occurred between 55 and 75 days. In
general, the final stage of a hunger strike occurs between 45 to 75 days
due to cardiovascular collapse or severe arrhythmias.

Please
do what you can to save Khader Adnan's life. Contact the following
people and demand that they intervene and save his life:

Write to Israeli
Embassies and Consulates in your own country. A directory of Israeli
embassies can be found on the website of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs at the following
link:http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Sherut/IsraeliAbroad